Aanin, Shaked and Rihan, Thursday, 21,12.06 a.m.Observing and reporting: Sima M., Raya Z.06:20 – 09:30Aanin 06:20 – 07:55Gate is open. I walked all the way to the second gate without being stopped. Someone tried to go through with a box full of cellular telephones, but he was sent to Rihan.We talked with farmers who went through. They said that their permits which expired on 20.12 were not renewed.We met M. who drove from Aneen to (?)Aneen through Jerusalem for 8 hours. He started off at 02:00 and arrived at the other side of the fence, a distance not further than 10 minutes away from his own home – the following morning. He went to his land and visited his sister’s family whom he haven’t seen for two years.A non for profit organization by the name of Ahli, from Nazareth, had organized a team of workers to aid the farmers in the village and would assist them in trimming trees and spraying.Shaked 08:20The gate is open, the school children had already gone through.One Taxi crossed the gate.Rihan 08:15 – 09:30There are 5 pickup trucks. No one waits.We’ve heard complaints about the permanent checkpoint that was stationed on the road about 2 km. east of the entrance to Ya’abed.Soldier’s behavior is rude. One driver complained that soldiers hit on his car and showed us a broken head rest in the back seat and the broken lock of the trunk. According to him he was taken out of his car and the soldier had no patience to wait for him to open the trunk, thus kicking it and breaking its lock.There are few people coming and going, passage is swift.We left at 09:20[YBS]